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摘要

NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) may be scientists' best hope for studying gamma-ray bursts throughout the universe. But the name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. So NASA is asking the public to come up with something better. The $690 million observatory will aid researchers studying gamma-ray bursts-brief, intense flashes of light as bright as a million trillion suns. The bursts are thought to be linked to many celestial phenomena, including supernovae and black holes.